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Ubuntu: next release will be the critical one

Oh believe me, it's possible, and I've been victim of it before. Basically, you dump a gigantic patch adding up to a year's worth of effort on some software without any explanation of what it does. The parent projects can either spend time to figure out w … (see comment)

Ubuntu: next release will be the critical one

Can you clarify on what you mean by left behind? LTS releases have been receiving security and bugfix updates very prudently to the best of my knowledge. (see comment)

Ubuntu: next release will be the critical one

As an Ubuntu developer, I have to say that whenever someone contributes a fix to a package, the first thing we ask is "have you submitted this back to Debian?" We take our relationship with Debian and other distributions seriously, and not only make all … (see comment)

Speed up Ubuntu login time using readahead

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Why I refuse to call it GNU/Linux

GNU/Linux is called GNU/Linux to signify that its userland is comprised of GNU tools. The label is also used in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD to signify a distro that uses the FreeBSD kernel, but rather than the BSD userland, replaces it with a GNU one. It's also u … (see comment)

Leopard gets UNIX 03 certification

Well -- it means that any software that is written to be compliant with these guidelines have a very very good chance to run on OS X. Of course, it isn't like OS X wasn't like that for a while already, so the practical effect is there's a new shiny logo t … (see comment)

MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian

that's what she said (see comment)

Dissecting The ATI Linux Driver

Yeah, in my experience my X1400's performance in drawing 2D windows and moving windows around BARELY matches my Intel i915 integrated video (that's rigth -- not even GMA950 -- i915)... This card should be capable of a LOT more but sadly ATI/AMD doesnt' se … (see comment)

Dissecting The ATI Linux Driver

Xgl's performance sucks, it's an unsupported codebase, and by default it opens up a public TCP port. Most ways of configuring Xgl also require deactivation of X11 MIT cookies, which further reduces the security of a X windows setup. I do a lot of the Xgl … (see comment)

Dissecting The ATI Linux Driver

How's your standby/resume support? How's your Beryl/Compiz without RAM-eating, security-hole-prone Xgl hacks? Yeah... thought so. (see comment)

Dissecting The ATI Linux Driver

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/12/142218 Same company that wants to use their chipsets to force DRM and lock access to the video card's framebuffer. BOO ATI, BOO AMD. … (see comment)

Dissecting The ATI Linux Driver

How does OpenGL excuse XV video tearing, or lack of AIGLX texture_from_pixmap support for Beryl, or random hardlocks and crashes from stopping X or switching between X and virtual terminals? And these problems have only gotten worse through later releases … (see comment)

Dissecting The ATI Linux Driver

Did some people forget to recharge their sarcasm detectors? I'm not exactly an ATI fanboy: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18755306-Re-Dell-pushes-ATI-to-make-better-drivers-for-Linux … (see comment)

Dissecting The ATI Linux Driver

WOW. I am absolutely convinced. Given ATI's history with excellent Linux support, I shall go recommend ATI products to all of my friends, and stock up on ATI cards before they go out of stock... (see comment)

How To Teach a Kid How to Program

Help with *kindergarden* work? Have you seen what's considered "kindergarden" work these days? Drawing pictures of flowers, tracing 1+1=2... (see comment)

How To Teach a Kid How to Program

I agree, ayeroxor -- I came to the USA not knowing any English when I was 8, and in 6 months fluently read and wrote. Before I can do that, I already was fascinated with programming -- my mom gave me the C++ Primer from Addison-Wesley and I was learning C … (see comment)

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uTorrent Relaunched as Official BitTorrent Client

Most of the times there are not restrictive patents covering the reverse engineering of those device drivers. However, when there are, the open source world suffers. Look at the state of media codecs for one example. They've all been "reverse engineered" … (see comment)